영한 번역에서의 '번역투' 연구 = (A) Study on 'Translationese' in English-Korean Translation

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

A translated text sometimes shows unique characteristics that readers think that the text is a translated one instead of an originally created(non-translated) one. The reader senses that he/she is reading a translation when they find the text clumsy or unidiomatic. This phenomenon is called 'translationese', a term often used in discussing the qualities of translation. It is different from 'errors' of translation. That two language systems are different from each other accounts for the existence of translationese. Therefore, this study analyzes the linguistic differences between English and Korean for ideal translation.
Every translator is eager to produce a translated text as perfect as the original, but this is impossible. All he or she can hope to attain is a second-best derivation. The first step to a good translation is to avoid translationese. So this study aims at analyzing translationese found in translating from English into Korean. Translationese is likely to be found in beginner translations though we sometimes see in professional ones as well. To prove this, some examples of translationese of potential translators(undergraduate English majors) are extracted from their translations and the frequency of thanslationese in each case is surveyed and analysed.
The first chapter of this study introduces the purpose, scope and approach. The second chapter deals with the process of translation assessment. For the analysis, DTS approach is adopted. Two factors involved in the first process of assessment, 'translationese' and 'translation error' are distinguished. The third chapter is about the concepts, functions, types and theoretical backgrounds of translationese. In an empirical study using corpora, the frequency of an expression considered translationese in the case of translating 'by', an agent marker in a passive sentence, is approximately 30％ higher in translated texts than in original texts. The fourth chapter brings to light the types and causes of translationese produced preliminary and potential translators who may be regarded as beginners. And this chapter reveals the correlationship between their translations, English reference books and dictionaries. The fifth chapter proposes various ways of good translation through the examination of the translationese cases in expert translations. The sixth chapter, the conclusion of this study, offers a detailed explanation of translation strategies in order to improve the quality of translation.
The results of this study are as follows:
First, translationese comes mainly from word-for-word or literal translation without considering the difference between the two languages, in terms of lexical items, syntactic structures, pragmatic and idiomatic usages, etc..
Second, beginners tend to be stuck in a representative expression for words.
Third, experts are apt to interpret a word into as many different meanings as possible on the basis of the given contexts and collocations.
Therefore, this study suggests that translationese can be reduced by avoiding a word-for-word or literal translation method, by having exact and comprehensive knowledge of the two languages, and by trying to find alternatives which are more appropriate to the given situation.
This study indicates that translationese mostly results from the process of translation training for acquiring foreign languages, which makes people regard translation as just a tool for training. In fact, translation training for acquiring foreign languages is different from translation training for producing professional translators. One of the differences is translationese. When the frequent types and reasons of translationese are analysed and some translation alternatives are suggested, the translation ability of both professionals and would-be translators will be improved.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• 목차
• 1. 서론 = 1
• 1.1 연구의 목적 = 1
• 1.2 연구 영역 및 방법 = 5
• 2. 번역 텍스트의 평가 = 11
• 2.1 기술적 접근의 번역 평가 = 11
• 2.2 번역 텍스트의 평가 과정과 번역투 = 13
• 3. 번역투 = 25
• 3.1 번역투의 개념 및 이론적 배경 = 25
• 3.2 번역투의 기능 = 40
• 3.3 번역투의 유형 = 43
• 3.4 고유 텍스트와 번역 텍스트간의 번역투 빈도 비교 = 85
• 4. 초보 번역자의 번역과 번역투 = 114
• 4.1 초보 번역의 유형별 번역투 분석 = 114
• 4.2 번역투와 영어 참고서 및 사전의 상관관계 = 164
• 4.3 번역투의 유발 요인 = 168
• 5. 전문 번역자의 번역과 변역어투 = 171
• 5.1 'by' 의 번역 용례 검색 = 171
• 5.2 'by'의 번역 용례별 유형 분석 = 174
• 6. 결론 = 191
• 부록【1】 = 203
• 부록【2】 = 204
• 부록【3】 = 205
• 부록【4】 = 206
• 부록【5】 = 210
• 부록【6】 = 211
• 부록【7】 = 218
• 부록【8】 = 219
• 참고문헌 = 226
• ABSTRACT = 239